About the Book

The Clay Fire series of images were photographed in the high desert village of Galisteo, New Mexico. There are 57 photographs, black-and-white and color, mainly of horses, clay bowl making, and firing. The round clay bowls, the runs of the horses in the ring, and the circling path of turkey vultures are all part of a recurrent rhythm overhead and underfoot.

Jaye Phillips is a fine art and professional photographer, drawn to light and movement. Her work has been exhibited at Harvard University, Addison Gallery of American Art, DeCordova Museum, and in 2014, "Half the Sky," LuXun Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Shenyang, China. Professionally she has photographed for dance companies including Boston Ballet, Eiko and Koma, and Streb/SLAM.
Her work has appeared in Artforum, and New York Times Book Review and as the photographer for the book Zapotec Weavers of Teotitlan published by Museum of New Mexico Press.